Naval History

1944;<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Sophia_Dauser' class='mw-redirect'>Sue Sophia Dauser</a>, Superintendent of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps'>Navy's Nurse Corps</a>, is the first female in the Navy to receive rank of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)'>captain</a>.

1945;<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger'>TBMs</a> from <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Anzio_(CVE-57)'>USS Anzio</a> sink two Japanese submarines: <a href='/w/index.php?title=I_368&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1' class='new'>I 368</a>, 35 miles west of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwo_Jima'>Iwo Jima</a>, and <a href='/w/index.php?title=RO_43&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1' class='new'>RO 43</a>, 50 miles west-northwest of Iwo Jima.

1945;<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Finnegan_(DE-307)'>USS Finnegan</a> sinks Japanese submarine <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_370' class='mw-redirect mw-disambig'>I 370</a>, 120 miles south of Iwo Jima.

1991;During <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm' class='mw-redirect'>Operation Desert Storm</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder'>A-6E</a> aircraft of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_VA-155_(U.S._Navy)'>VA-155</a> from <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)'>USS Ranger</a> and Marine aircraft bomb Iraqi troops fleeing <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait_City'>Kuwait City</a> to <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra'>Basra</a>.

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